Ghosts of War drops five American soldiers into a French chateau in the last stretch of the Second World War and then lets the building itself start fighting back. Eric Bress's 2020 horror-thriller runs a lean ninety-four minutes and streams on K-Time with both a Persian dub and Persian subtitles.
What is Ghosts of War about?
The setup is a holding order. A small squad is told to secure a grand country house that the Nazi command used as a base until recently, and to keep it until relief arrives. What they find is a residence that seems to remember what was done inside it. Doors behave strangely, sounds drift out of rooms that should be empty, and the soldiers begin to wonder whether the real threat is the German army somewhere beyond the trees or something that never left the property. Bress builds the story as a siege on two fronts: the material war the squad was trained for, and a second, unexplained conflict that rifles and grenades cannot touch. As nerves fray, the men turn on one another, and the question of what the house wants from them can no longer be put aside.
About the cast
Brenton Thwaites heads the ensemble, with Theo Rossi, Skylar Astin, Kyle Gallner and Alan Ritchson completing the group of soldiers whose shifting loyalties carry most of the running time. Billy Zane, Shaun Toub and Matthew Reese fill out the supporting cast.
Context & significance
Ghosts of War belongs to a small but persistent strand of cinema that uses the Second World War as a stage for the supernatural. The pairing is productive: the war film supplies hierarchy, discipline and constant physical danger, while the horror film supplies a dread that no amount of training can answer. Listed as a United Kingdom production and classified under horror, thriller and war, the film arrived in 2020 and received a modest reception, with audiences divided over the direction the story takes in its later stretch. For viewers who like military settings but want something beyond battlefield realism, it is a compact, self-contained option.
Watching Ghosts of War on Ktime
Ghosts of War is available on K-Time with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so you can either hear the squad in Farsi or follow the original English performances with subtitled dialogue. Watching requires a free K-Time account login; this page is open to everyone. The Farsi interface makes it easy to find the title under horror or war, and the short runtime suits a single evening.